As you know we have a new science lab in the school. This effort was in the making for the better part of a year. We committed the proceeds from the 2016 Carnival to the construction of the lab and that proved to be enough to cover the costs. Principal Wallace researched design companies and we selected a design and the installation was completed over the summer. The students have been using the lab since school opened, but we have yet to have a formal dedication of the lab. Therefore, next Sunday, Father Gabriel Zeis, T.O.R., Diocesan Vicar for Education, will celebrate the 12:30 p.m. Mass and we will then proceed to the school for the blessing of the lab. Read more.

October is indeed flying by. And since Halloween will quickly be upon us, that means that Thanksgiving is almost here, and then of course is Christmas. Okay, I sped things up just a bit so I could talk about Advent and Christmas. It is never too early to be proactive. Read more.

The Holy Eucharist, Vatican II tells us, is "the source and summit of the Christian life" (Lumen gentium, 11). The Eucharistic is always celebrated within the context of the Liturgy, commonly referred to as the Mass in the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church. Most of us take the rhythm and language of the Mass for granted. While many of us have experienced some dramatic transformations in the specific language, orientation, and external structure of the Mass over the past sixty years, the Mass is essentially the same as it has ever and always been. Read more.

October is always a very busy month. As the fall season gets underway, we begin to think of apple picking and carving jack-o-lanterns. While all of these annual rituals are important, there is also always the liturgical cycle and the life of the church that calls for our attention. To that end, allow me a few basic points on events happening around us. Read more.

The work of the church, unlike most other social institutions, is really a 24/7 operation. Calls to the hospital or one of the residential health care facilities happen at any time of the day or night. Our chapter of the Saint Vincent DePaul Society – celebrating the 400th anniversary of foundation by St. Vincent – responds to the material needs of people at virtually any time of day as well. Read more.